Hello Readers and Patients,
Today again we discuss about the diet; you
might noticed in my previous blogs whenever i suggest the diet for a patient or
a particular condition i used to suggest to avoid the heavy food stuff.
Here we look into the details.
First of all let me explain what is
happening in our body when our metabolism is irregular.
When we feel the
symptoms like,heaviness of the body,aches and pains,mild swelling on the
joints,puffiness of face,chillness,tastelessness or bitterness in mouth,head
ache,feverish,loss of appetite,cough,phlegm accumulation in the chest or head
region,morning or evening rise of temperature in any or more conditions
explained above will have the low digestive power as an associated symptom.
According to Ayurveda view;
in the above
said conditions the ‘kapha dosha’ or ‘vatha dosha’ will be deranged and the ‘
pitha dosha’ will be less.
That means
the fire element in the body became feeble and wind and water elements
aggravated.
When the fire element or ‘pitha dosha’ will be less in such stage
the digestion will be low due to the lack of fire energy.
Ayurveda texts the
fire energy is called as ‘jataragni’.
Here digesting the food,elimination of
waste through sweat,urine and stools,absorption of fine product these process will
be sluggish.
On top of it if we take heavy food stuff
like;
meat,fish,diary products,oily deep fried items,junk food,cold items,sweets
etc will make the condition worse.
Not only that there is chance for developing
an internal inflammatory condition all over the body which will aggravate the
symptoms of the respective diseases.
Another fact is that with a low
digestive power the week potent herbal decoctions won’t absorb properly.
So we
should avoid taking heavy food stuff and we should prefer everything
light,easily digestible and should be well cooked.
I would like to add one more word – there
is a myth that is we should not take the non-vegetarian food along with the
herbal decoctions.
I hope the above clarification is enough to clear the
confusion.
Thank you for Reading and sharing my blogs
and please be the part of spreading Ayurveda.
DR.T.L.XAVIER B.A.M.S
